Queensland Premier The Premier of the Australian state of Queensland visits the Governor Penelope Wensley to have writs issued for a state election on March 24.
President President of France Nicolas Sarkozy has the first big rally of his re-election campaign in Marseille.
Hosni Mubarak Egyptian election officials fail to confirm the date of the first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted from power in last year's revolution.
Mexican A fight amongst inmates leads to a prison riot in the Mexican city of Apodaca, Nuevo León, with 44 people dead.
Burma Burmese dissident monk U Gambira, released last month from prison, is to face trial on charges breaking into and squatting in monasteries.
North Korea North Korea threatens "merciless" attacks against South Korea over its planned live-fire drills near the disputed Northern Limit Line.
Châlons-en-Champagne One person is killed and more than 20 injured after a coach bringing a group of British schoolchildren home from a skiing trip in Italy crashes near Châlons-en-Champagne in northern France.
Stevens Pass Ski Area At least three people have died and eight are believed missing in the Stevens Pass Ski Area in the US state of Washington.
Sighetu Marmației At least 17 people are seriously injured after two gas explosions at a nightclub in the city of Sighetu Marmației, Romania.
Kingfisher Airlines India's Kingfisher Airlines cancels 16 flights from Mumbai and stops operations in Kolkata over the next four days.
Iran Iran ceases oil exports to France and the United Kingdom, in a retaliatory move against European Union sanctions.
News International News International confirms plans to publish the first edition of the "Sun on Sunday" next weekend.
Rio de Janeiro A record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during the Rio de Janeiro carnival.
ESPN ESPN admits two other instances in which it referred to the American basketball player Jeremy Lin by the racial slur "chink". It comes after yesterday's controversial "Chink in the Armor" headline which ESPN defended as only having appeared to mobile browsers for 35 minutes.
Australian Australians commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin by Japan during World War II.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's "Caesar Must Die" wins the Golden Bear at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Chad Rebels from Chad rob 40 people – including a local government official – in attacks in the Central African Republic.
Suicide bomber A suicide bomber kills at least 19 officers and cadets and injures 26 outside an Iraqi police academy in northeastern Baghdad.
Security is increased in the capital Damascus in an attempt to prevent further protests in the capital.
One of Syria's leading businessmen says sanctions against the country are crippling the economy and that the government is "disintegrating".
Prison brawl At least 44 people are killed in a prison brawl in Apodaca, Nuevo León. The brawl is believed to have been started after the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, two rival Mexican drug cartels, clashed inside the prison.